Do You Think You’re Clever?: The Oxford and Cambridge Questions (PAPERBACK)
UK £8.99,
UK Publication June 2010
ISBN 9781848311329
Paperback
Page Extent 224
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Why can’t you light a candle in a spaceship? What books are bad for you? Is feminism dead?
Every year interviewees for Oxford and Cambridge colleges are posed such curious conundrums, aimed at separating the merely bright from the truly clever.
Providing dazzling responses to 60 of these infamously perplexing problems, Do You Think You’re Clever? explores the twisting paths your mind can take when you’re really made to think.
From philosophy to physics and from literature to logarithms John Farndon traverses the great mountain ranges of the mind and considers why the pole vaulting world record will never exceed 6.5m, whether there are too many people in the world, how crime might be reduced through architecture - and much more…
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‘As well as putting your smug relatives to the test, this book is an entertaining way of encouraging unusual thought and debate’ The Oldie
‘A great book to dip into ... you can hardly stop yourself wanting to see the next question’ Evan Davis, BBC Radio 4 Today
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John Farndon is the author of many popular reference books on a wide range of topics, including the best-selling Dorling Kindersley Pocket Encyclopaedia and the Collins Children's Encyclopaedia. He has been short-listed three times for the Aventis Science Book junior prize.
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Libby Purves OBE is a radio presenter, journalist and author. Best known for presenting BBC Radio Four's Midweek, she also writes regularly for The Times and has published twelve novels. She is a graduate of St Anne's College, Oxford, with a First in English Language and Literature.
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Other editions / related titles:
Do You Think You're Clever? The Oxbridge Questions
Do You Think You're Clever? The Oxbridge Questions (EBOOK:EPUB)
Do You Think You're Clever? The Oxbridge Questions (EBOOK:PDF)
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